fan dance
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fan dance
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, Mr. McConnell agreed to devising a procedural fan dance: A handful of Republican senators will help provide the 60 votes needed to create a one-time fast-track process to raise the debt ceiling.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
Scottish Ballet brought in Chinese choreographer Annie Au to work with the dancers on a more authentic fan dance.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2021
The same friend later posted photos of herself and a Han Chinese woman doing a Chinese fan dance, playing the drums and wearing traditional Han clothing.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2018
Mulvaney and Pence’s chief of staff had done some kind of fan dance.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2018
Gracefully he led the fan dance, and glided without a pause into the shadow dance and the umbrella dance, and it seemed as if he might go on dancing for ever.
From The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
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